Garden-hose support



April 21, 1925.

Q w. L. ABBY GARDEN HOSE SUPPORT FiledAu. 11, 1924 INVENTOR WARREN L. A55v Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN L. ABBY, OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

GARDEN-HOSE sorron'r.

Application filed August 11, 1924. Serial No. 731,368,

-- which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for supporting the discharge end ofgarden or like hose to direct the stream thereof.

It is the principal object of the present invention to generally improvedevices of the character referred .to,whereby to provide a simple andinexpensive garden hose support which may readily be set up in anydesired position. on the ground and with which the nozzle end of thehose may be expeditiously engaged and its nozzle supported in a mannerto direct the stream as desired.

In carrying out this object I construct a garden hose support of asingle length of resilient material which is bent to form a groundengaging shank at one end. The other end is provided with a hose clampwith which the nozzleend of the hose may be engaged. The hose clamp isso formed that the inherent spring qualities of the material areemployed as means for retaining the.

hose in position relative to the support. I

One form which the'invention may assume is exemplified in the followingdescription and illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device showing ahose-nozzlesupported therein.

Fig. '2 is a side elevation of the device showing the jaws thereof in anextended position in dotted lines. Referring more particularly to theaccompanying drawings, 10 indicates a garden hose support formed of asingle length of spring wire. This support is formed with a straightshank portion 11 terminating in a sharpened end 12 by which it may beengaged with the ground and heldeither in a vertical or inclinedposition to give a desired elevation to the hose nozzle supported by thedevice. The upper end of the shank 11 is formed with a substantiallysemi=circular jaw 14.- Beginning at this jaw the wire is helically woundto form a circular handle 15. After forming the handle the wire is bentto form a U-shaped clamping jaw 16 with a semi-circular base 17 which isdisposed in alignment with and opposite the jaw 14. on the shank. Thejaws 14: and 16 I cooperate and serve as a clamp for receiving thenozzle end of the hose. The jaws are normally held closed by theinherent spreading tendency of the helical loops forming the handle 15.I

To obtain an efficient grip on a hose inserted between the jaws 14: and16 the end of the wire, after. forming the jaw 16, is formed with areturn bend 18. It is then continued parallel to the portion forming thejaw 16 and terminates shortly beyond the base of the jaw. The jaw 16 istherefore formed of two spaced arms which are disposed on opposite sidesof the jaw 1 1. This maintains the jaws in correct relative posiplionsand affords an efiicient grip on the ose.

the device is held in the hand and the slightly curved end of the-j aw16 is engaged latter will then be clamped between the jaws 14 and 16.

The handle of the device may then be gripped and the sharpened end ofthe shank driven into the ground to support the hose nozzle at thedesired elevation and angle of inclination.

If it is desired to change the location of the hose or the direction ofthe stream, the handle may be gripped to turn the nozzle or remove thedevice and set it up in a new location.

It is obvious that the clamping jaws may be formed at the sides or topof the handle loops as well as in the position shown in the drawing.

The device here shown is very efiicient in use and is inexpensive withregards to manufacturing costs.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention it is to beunderstood that various changes in its formand construction may be madewithout departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what jaw" for co-operationtherewith, the end of I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patthewire continuing past the jaw 0n the cut is: shank and then bent backupon itself par- A hose support formed of a, single length allel t0 thefirst half of the clamping jaw to W 5 of Wire bent to form a shank, asemi-circular q SBCOIld 1131f 0f fi fi c pi g j f jaw formed at one'endof said shank, a helild halves of the cla nplng aw being discally woundhandle of comparatively large p s d upon ppposite sldes 0f the jaw onthe diameter formed as a continuation of said h nk, the inherentspreading tendency of aw, the end of the wire forming the handle Saidhandle causing said jaws to yieldingly eing bent to form one half of asemi-circugrlp a hose inserted therebetween.

lar clamping jaw disposed opposite the other WARREN L. ABBY.

